withdrawing room

American  

noun

Archaic.

1. a room to withdraw or retire to; drawing room.

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withdrawing room British  

noun

1. an archaic term for drawing room

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Etymology

Origin of withdrawing room

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

Within, where the cross-lights fell through the wide columned space behind the high altar, was her withdrawing room, where the decorator and builder thought only of pleasing her.

From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry

That shall be your private withdrawing room when the doctor, or any one else who is not in our secret, happens to come into this room.

From Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

On the left was the long enfilade of reception rooms, with the vast audience chamber and milor's own withdrawing room beyond.

From Petticoat Rule by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

We had to wait till the trunks were carried up, and Perkins had unpacked our tea-gowns; then we shifted ourselves, and had our hair dressed, and went back to the withdrawing room.

From Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow by Holt, Emily Sarah

“Very glad to see you, indeed, in my—little sanctum, my withdrawing room, if I may venture to use the name, to which I retire during the intervals of business.”

From Fighting the Flames by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Related Words

• drawing room
• parlor
• salon
• sitting room